Tarmac Series Motorkhana
June 13th, 2010
Well,
Here we go again. Judging by the weather in Hamilton today it must be Tarmac Series time. This year we don’t have a Series Sponsor so the series will be known as the Fiat Club Waikato Tarmac Series.
50 people turned up to play today despite the weather and the unfortunate clash with a sprint that some Hamilton Car Club members attended. As is usual with our motorkhanas for this series we started gently with a Slalom and a Clover Leaf. We had an almost perfect first round so for their second runs people started looking to get some early advantage. As we also expect, Minis and other small front wheel drive cars are in their element when the going is tight. I did have to discourage one of the drivers of a small car from setting up the cones only 8 metres apart for the slalom. The Volvo 760 run by Mark Empson and Ben Walker looks to be almost longer than that.
After we each had our 2 runs at the 2 courses competitors and supporters alike descended on the barbecue for sausages and bacon and egg sandwiches while 2 more courses were set up. We then had turns at tackling the Decreasing Circles and Christmas Tree tests. Towards the end of this the rain lashed us again and we decided to get the timers and helpers out of the weather so pulled the results together and presented a few prizes.
Overall the day was won by Stuart Cannan from Pukekohe Car Club in his Civic also taking out Class B. Second and third were also Pukekohe Car Club members Paul Crispe and Cristo Strydom. First in Class A, and 5th overall was Ben Taylor in his Mini, first in Class C, and 7th overall was Heath Simone in his Peugeot 205 GTI, beating the first Class D car of Nik Lowther in his turboed MX5 one place behind. 18th overall was David Middlemiss, our first Junior in his Peugeot 106, or should I say Dad’s 106. David was the first of 11 Juniors, exactly the sorts of numbers we wish to see at every round.
So here we are into it again. Next month is the autocross, venue to be confirmed. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in July and beyond.
Ciao,
Campbell
Motorkhana Results